Are your table manners much better when you are eating  at a friend’s home

       Are your table manners much better when you are eating  at a friend’s home or in a restaurant than they are at your own home ?Probably so ,   45    you are aware that people judge you by your table manners .You take special pains when you are eating    46   .Have you ever stopped to realize how much less self-conscious you would be on such occasions if    47   table manners had become a habit for you ?You can make them a habit by   48    good table manners at home.

       Good manners at mealtimes help you and those around you to feel  49     .This is true at home as much as it is true in someone else’s home or in a restaurant. Good  50    make meals more enjoyable for everyone at the table.

       By this time you probably know quite well what good table manners are .You    51   that keeping your arms on the table ,talking with your   52   full ,and wolfing down your food are not considered good manners .You know also that if you are mannerly ,you say “Please” and “Thank you” and ask for things to be passed to you.

       Have you ever thought of a pleasant attitude as being    53     to good table manners ? Not only are pleasant mealtimes enjoyable ,but they aid digestion .The dinner table is a  54    for enjoyable conversation. It should never become a battleground. You are definitely growing in social maturity（成熟）when you try to be an agreeable table companion.

45.A

解析：本句话的意思是：很可能是这样的，因为你很清楚，别人通过餐桌举止判断你的素质。

46.A

解析：本题可以直接找出答案。A在公共场所；B 在家,C轻松，D匆忙

47.D

解析：本题可以利用上下文得到答案，下文说在家里不断练习/实践良好的餐桌举止，使之成为习惯，而且下文多次出现good table manners字样。

48.C

解析：本题可以通过选项的意思搭配直接得到答案。Do sth, by doing sth是一个固定搭配。此处是在家里不断地实践/练习良好的餐桌举止

49.A

解析：本句话的意思是：用餐时，良好的举止帮助你和你周围的人感觉舒适。2个选项的意思分别是：A舒服的，舒适的；B压抑的；C沮丧的；D与众不同的，突出的，杰出的

50.B

解析：本题可以通过上下文直接得到答案，文章多次谈到good manners，既7良好的举止，有礼貌。

51.D

解析：本题通语义直接得到答案。

52.C

解析：本题可以根据语义语义直接得到答案。中国古代有一句遗训，叫做“食不言睡不语”，此处指人们说话的时候嘴里满满的。

53.A

解析：本题考查固定搭配。Be essential (_=important ) to 是固定搭配。

54.B